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Wood apple (kaith) is listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause salivation, cleanse impurities and be sharp.

Having given formulas for all vata and kapha poisons, the text now gives very cooling ones for pitta poisons: sariva, jatamamsi, raisins, clove, cinnamon, shyama, somalata, shallaki,…

Gruels, khala-yusha, milk, foods and drinks prepared with the same drugs as the vata-stone ghee are to be given to patients with vata-type stone.

For vata-type stone, gruels (yavagu, vilepi) and khala-yusha made with water boiled with the same drugs, and milk, snacks, meals and drinks prepared with them, are to be given. A footnote…

A decoction of wood apple, bael, asana, prishniparni, turmeric, haritaki, bibhitaki, amla and arjuna bark, drunk by a self-controlled patient, is said to overcome all pramehas with their…

A self-controlled patient who drinks a decoction of wood apple, bael, asana (vijayasara), prishniparni, turmeric, the three myrobalans and arjuna bark is said to overcome prameha together…

The text says mercury is killed (marana, made into bhasma) with the juice of wood-apple (kapittha) fruit, and is killed quickly with gobandhana, the sticky juice of palasha seeds, cumin or…

Gambhari, citron, wood apple, mango, jambu and shaileya (the commentary: bhuri charila, a kind of fragrant substance), their flowers; guduchi, hata (shaivala), mahanila, vanamallika, nili…

Mango, āmrātaka (ambāḍā), citron, lakuca (baḍhar), old tamarind, pomegranate, the small, large and bush jujubes, cavya, phalsa, emblic, chironji, karavandī, cane, jīva, āmraka, sour…

Mercury ground with old jaggery becomes swooned (murcchita). It is killed (made into bhasma) with the juice of wood-apple fruit, and quickly also with gobandhana, the sticky juice of…

Flowers of gambhari, citron, wood apple, mango, jambu and shaileya, with guduchi, shaivala, mahanila, vanamallika, nili leaves, nilanjana, tuvaraka, kasisa, madanaphala seed, punarnava,…

It is swooned by grinding with old jaggery and killed with wood-apple juice, or quickly with gobandhana, sticky palasha-seed juice, cumin or kuchi seeds; the killed mercury, rubbed with…

A group of drugs named as beneficial for healing wounds: sesame, lodhra, liquorice, arjuna bark, palasha, young shoots of the milky trees, kadamba, jamun, mango, wood apple, tinduka and…

Sesame, lodhra, liquorice, arjuna bark, palasha, the young shoots of the milky trees, kadamba, jamun, mango, wood apple, tinduka and manjishtha are named as beneficial for healing (filling…